BARRY, Judge.
The defendant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred by excluding evidence of the victim's prior violent acts and character. Where there is insufficient evidence of an overt act by the victim at the time of the offense, evidence of his dangerous character is inadmissible. We affirm.
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